HC 1058 Summary

• Memorializes William G. "Bill" Mays, who died in Indianapolis on December 4, 2014, at age 69

• Recognizes Mays as Indiana's most successful black businessman who founded Mays Chemical in 1980, which became one of the world's largest chemical distributors and ranked 22nd among black-owned industrial/service companies nationally in 2011

• Acknowledges Mays's ownership of a television station and radio stations, his role in saving the Indianapolis Recorder newspaper in the 1990s, and his service as chair of the Hoosier Lottery and first African American chair of both the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Central Indiana

• Notes Mays held a B.A. in chemistry and M.B.A. from Indiana University, served on numerous for-profit and nonprofit boards including Vectren Corporation, Anthem Inc., and the National Urban League, and was born in Evansville in 1945

• Directs the House Principal Clerk to transmit a copy of the resolution to Mays's wife Dr. Rose Mays and daughters Kristin Mays-Corbitt and Heather Mays Woods